PLEASE NOTE: Cafe Utne goes Dot-Org!
Domain to change from cafe.utne.com to cafeutne.org on May 3
We're pleased to announce that Cafe Utne, the groundbreaking online
discussion community we founded in 1995, is about to become part of
the new non-profit Utne Institute. The most visible change is that
the Cafe's domain will switch from cafe.utne.com to cafeutne.org.
The Cafe will be inaccessible for several hours during the day on
Monday, May 3, while we make the switch. Please get ready to update
any links to the Cafe in your browser favorites.
Apart from the domain change, you won't notice much else different.
The Cafe will continue to host discussions of articles in Utne
Magazine, and literally thousands of other conversations started by
our members. But the Cafe, as well as Utne Communities, our online
community-building program, will now belong to the Institute. We are
also looking at creative ideas to make the Cafe more of a resource
to the larger progressive community.
One of the best things about this change is that your financial
contributions to Cafe Utne will now be tax-deductible. This does not
apply, unfortunately, to your past donations. But any new donations
you make to support this vibrant community will count as charitable
contributions.
For more information about the Utne Institute and how to support the
Cafe, see
http://www.utneinstitute.org/
Please keep participating in the Cafe, and if you haven't been there
in awhile, we welcome you to stop by again.
Sincerely,
Leif Utne, Senior Editor, Utne.com
Kai Hagen, Director, Utne Communities

It has been brought to my attention that while I have posted this in
other places I may not have posted it in here, which is the first
place I should have posted it.
I'm trying to reduce the number of forums I host. I have been host
in wheels, really only as a backup to jil, who is an excellent host
and really doesn't need me.
However, as a matter of polciy and common sense redundancy, it's
nice for a forum to have at least a couple of active interested
hosts, so if anyone in this forum is interested in taking my place a
sco host of Wheels. Please email jil and I and let us know.

As you may or may not have heard, Don Friedkin, who was manager of
the Cafe, has stepped down from that position due to his health.
Information on the position will be posted as it's available, and
I'll let you know when and where as I get more information myself.

A new forum is opening:
{AfterHours}
You need a place to go where the lights are always on, where you can
always find soemone to talk to. This is the place for nighthawks to
perch for a while. No matter what your time zone, come in after dark
and talk about late-night music, midnight snacks, shift work or just
what the stars look like. In the wee small hours of the morning,
that's the time you'll love it most of all.

Dan Griffith, a longtime participant at the Cafe and one of the
board members, has passed away suddenly. His wife Suzanne was also a
very active participant.
Dan's last posting was today. He collapsed and could not be revived.
There is a memorial forum set up at {In_Memorium-Dan_Griffith.1.1-}
if you would like to visit.

There's an election, for anyone who would be interested in sitting
on a work group to help with the Cafe's administration. You can find
it through the banner at the top of the screen, just below the logo.